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The Karnataka High Court today directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (Greater Bangalore Municipal Body) to evolve a mechanism in two months time to prevent fire accidents in high-rise buildings resulting in loss of human lives.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice Mr J S Khehar and Justice Mr A S Bopanna passed the order while hearing a PIL filed by ‘Beyond Carlton Trust', consisting of kith and kin of the nine who were killed in an accidental fire in Carlton Towers in the city last year.
The Bench directed the Government to formulate a mechanism to conduct inspections and re-inspections of high-rise buildings in the city to ensure that fire equipment installed in these buildings were in working condition.
Joint inspection
Chief Justice Mr Khehar suggested the inspections could be a joint effort by the BBMP with participation by the locals, including retired civil servants, lawyers and members of residents' welfare association, who could periodically monitor the fire safety conditions in such buildings.
He also directed the counsel for the fire force department to furnish the details of steps that had been taken to prevent such mishaps.
Nine persons died on February 23, 2010, when a major fire broke out on the seventh floor of Carlton Towers in Bangalore, a business centre housing several offices and commercial establishments.
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